{"product_id":"mr-fortunes-maggot-penguin-modern-classics-9780241476093","title":"Mr Fortunes Maggot Penguin Modern Classics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Witty, poetic, clairvoyant'' John Updike\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Reverend Timothy Fortune, ex-clerk of the Hornsey branch of Lloyds Bank, has found his vocation: to convert the inhabitants of the remote tropical island of Fanua to Christianity. Even when everyone except for a young boy called Lueli remains indifferent to his preaching, Mr Fortune''s good spirits cannot be dampened - until one day his faith is put to a terrible test.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This quizzical tale is so intensely moving'' Gillian Beer, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Original, elegant and hypnotically strange'' Miranda Seymour, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Sylvia Townsend Warner pursues the psychology of the story with beautiful accuracy'' John Carey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginal, elegant and hypnotically strange -- Miranda Seymour * The New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eAt long last I pulled down from its place on the shelves Sylvia Townsend Warner's plump little novel impishly titled \u003ci\u003eMr. Fortune's Maggot\u003c\/i\u003e and was once again amazed by what a witty, poetic, clairvoyant writer this English woman was -- John Updike\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMr. Fortune's Maggot\u003c\/i\u003e is satire at its best. There are passages here - particularly those delightfully malicious ones, of which there are many - that still cause the reader to laugh out loud. There is so much truth here -- Anthony Slide\u003cbr\u003eSylvia Townsend Warner pursues the psychology of the story with beautiful accuracy -- John Carey\u003cbr\u003eHer writing is full of melodic skills... Her sentences move like talk between intimates. Perhaps that is why this quizzical tale is so intensely moving -- Gillian Beer * New Statesman *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733137895767,"sku":"9780241476093","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241476093.jpg?v=1719999545","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mr-fortunes-maggot-penguin-modern-classics-9780241476093","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}